Editorials

The rape-revenge subgenre is the red-headed stepchild of horror, and maybe it should be. Historically, it is a fixation on sexual violence against women written and directed by men. It is hard not to view the products as exploitive when they are all male voices telling of a female experience. …

One of the reasons I love being a horror fan is the terrifying pantheon of icons we have. Very few genres have characters like we do. Drama doesn’t have these iconic figures that survive decades after they’ve first appeared. We, as horror movie fans, love our heroes. We elevate our …

It’s a new year, and with a new year comes new horror releases. Keep reading to find out PopHorror’s most anticipated films for 2019. Rabid – March Directed by the Twisted Twins Jen and Sylvia Soska. Starring Laura Vandervoort (Smallville TV series), Stephen Huszar (The Flash TV series), Greg Bryk (Saw V 2008) …

Well, folks, it’s happening: we’re less than a year away from when we can officially say that the year 2000 was twenty years ago. For someone raised deep in ’90s nostalgia, that thought terrifies me. It makes me feel old. I still remember a time when floppy discs were all …

Today, January 19th, is Edgar Allan Poe’s 210th birthday. To celebrate, I wanted to take this opportunity to go over my favorite tale of his. When you ask most people what their top Poe story is, you usually get the same answers: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, …

You might be thinking that VR – also known as Virtual Reality – is a gimmick, that it’s too expensive, or that you’re not a gamer so there’s no reason to care. Maybe you’ve tried it in the early days and weren’t impressed. I’m here to tell you it’s time to …

When thinking about my all time favorite horror movie, I always land on a lesser known Anthony Hopkins vehicle. This  story about a ventriloquist and his ghoulish ventriloquist doll was always so creepy to me. That movie is called Magic. The reason I find Magic so fascinating is because on …

Bird Box, the newest Sandra Bullock film exclusively on Netflix, is almost a good film. Almost. It’s so close. There’s a ton of promise, a strong list of actors and actresses, an interesting premise – it has a lot going for it. And it’s almost, almost a good film. But, …

It’s been a great year for horror, including horror TV shows of all kinds. We got everything from angsty, horny teens to badass witches, from creepy pasta stories to ghouls, and from unsolved mysteries to haunted houses. We even got to see the one and only Robert Englund return as …

My love for The Exorcist knows no bounds, and December 26, 2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the celebrated classic, a film that has never strayed from my favorites list. This film profoundly moved me. It truly terrified me with my first viewing experience and has only crept under my skin …